An Exploratory Study of the Utilisation of the UK's Prudential Borrowing Framework

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-363

  Bailey, Stephen J ^a   Asenova, Darinka ^a   Hood, John ^a   Manochin, Melina Maria ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capital finance; Prudential Borrowing Framework; Prudential Code; public sector accounting practice; risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649617539     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076709356882     Document Type: Article

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